The Olympic Movement Tripartite Commission has allocated its invitations for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 (artistic gymnastics) to Dimosthenis TAMPAKOS (GRE), Maria Jose DE LA FUENTE PARADA (BOL), and to Vania VICENTE MONTEIRO (CPV) (rhythmic gymnastics ).
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is acknowledging the above.
The Trampoline invitation ....
(nbb) For Romanias top gymnast Oana Petrovschi the Worldcup series Paris-Cottbus-Thessaloniki was over before it began. The 17-year-old from Birlad injured her ankle while training for the World Cup at Paris-Bercy's 'Palais Omnisport' on friday. 'Thanks god that nothing is broken', she told gymworld, though she was really cross about her mishap: 'I failed to notice a training suit which was lying on the floor mat, landed on it and bent my ankle.'
For Petrovschi, who will have to...
The female gymnasts are testing the Team-event...!
A few months before the actual highlight will take place traditionally the 'Pre- Olympic Competitions' are starting the countdown to the Olympic Games.
As well for the athletes as also for the organisers and the official equipment suppliers they are an important test for the individual kinds of sports. The female gymnasts are testing their team event...
European Champion Anna Pavlova won the finals on vault and beam in the first part of the world cup final in Paris-Bercy. Svetlana Khorkina was first an bars and Elena Gomez from Spain won on floor
The Dutch champion on rings Yuri van Gelder cares for a big surprise on his special apparatus and beat the whole world elite. It was the first world cup victory of a Dutch male gymnast in history (The last vicory in Grand Prix...
130 gymnasts from 37 nations set to compete at the annual French International - the opening of the world cup circuit 2003, one week later followed by the 'TOURNAMENT of MASTERS' in Cottbus, and after than THESSALONIKI (Greece).
Gymnasts in Paris represent 12 medallists from 2002 World Champions (Debrecen), among of them the world champions Yelena Zamolodchikova (RUS/vault), Elena Gomez (ESP/floor) and Marian Dragulescu (ROM/floor), and Marius Urzica (ROM/pommel).
(Qualification on Saturday afternoon; Finals on...